Baseball America Prospect Report – August 3, 2018

Ronaldo Hernandez, C, Rays. Hernandez broke a tie for the Midwest League home run lead in dramatic fashion on Thursday with two home runs as part of a 3-for-5 day. Hernandez is now hitting .295/.344/.528 as a 20-year-old catcher.

Noah Naylor, C, Indians. Naylor was viewed as one of the most advanced high school hitters in the 2018 draft class. He's living up to the scouting report so far. Naylor went 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) and a stolen base (his fourth) yesterday. He's hitting .333/.418/.474.

Gavin Lux, SS, Dodgers. Welcome to Double-A Gavin. In his first game with Tulsa, Lux went 3-for-5 with a home run. A .600/.600/1.200 slash line is hard to top.

Quinn Brodey, OF, Mets. It's been a pretty rough season for the Mets 2017 third round pick. Brodey didn't hit for low Class A Columbia, and he hasn't hit so far after a promotion to high Class A St. Lucie, but he did hit yesterday with a pair of home runs in a 2-for-4 day.

Nolan Gorman, 3B, Cardinals. Gorman, like Naylor, was considered an advanced high school bat. And like Naylor, Gorman is living up to those reports. Gorman went 2-for-4 with his ninth home run and ninth double yesterday.

Juan Soto, OF, Nationals. Soto went 0-for-2 on Thursday, but he walked three times, which means he raised his on-base percentage to .419. No teenager since 1901 has posted an OBP above .415, so if Soto can keep this up, it will be the best OBP of any teenager in "modern" baseball history. Soto also needs 24 more walks this season to set the record for most walks by a teenager.

MacKenzie Gore, LHP, Padres. Free from the blister problems that plagued him early in the season, Gore had one of his best starts of the season. Gore allowed two hits and two walks in five scoreless innings. He struck out eight.